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Jennifer Neiman and her sister Susan Woodhouse opened the bakery about a year ago, right in the middle of the Great Recession.

But Ms Neiman thinks that people yearn for a sense of moral purpose.

"I thought it was beautiful, " Ken Downing, fashion director for Neiman Marcus, said after theshow.

As icons of consumer excess like Starbucks and Neiman Marcus stumble, purveyors of frugality like Burger King and Wal-Mart prosper.

The day before Bertelli's meeting with Neiman was the day of Prada's fall-winter 2010 menswear show.

So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard's department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus.

Ms Neiman asks people to reject the false choice between Utopia and degeneracy.

American retailers, such as Neiman Marcus, J. C. Penney and Gap, reported double-digit falls in sales in the year to October.

The site, which launched last year, links celebrity red-carpet photos to online retail stores from Neiman Marcus and Barneys to Amazon. com.

In America department stores such as Neiman Marcus, Saks and JCPenney have all reported declining sales in their most recent results.

Neiman Marcus recorded a quarterly net loss of $509m for the 13 weeks to January 31st.

The rebound has been strongest in luxury stores: same-store sales at Neiman Marcus, for example, were 11% higher this April than last.

Neiman Marcus, for example, sent $50 gift cards to prolific customers to entice them back for further sprees.

Neiman Marcus's strong April marked a rebound from a 22. 5% decline in the year to April 2009;